Human Interest

Following the death of Star Wars actress, Carrie Fisher, Disney is expected to received one of the largest personal accident payouts in history. The company which owns Lucasfilm and the Star Wars franchise, are set to receive $50 million (£41 million) following Fisher’s death after they took out an insurance policy with Lloyds of London in case Carrie was unable to fulfil her three-film contract, according to the website Insurance Insider.

By EconMatters

We discuss the Housing Market in this video by looking through a bunch of data, and possible future drivers for the Market both to the upside and downside. I have mixed emotions about the Housing Market in general.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnqdNFbdbuw

Queen Elizabeth has been missing from the public eye for twelve days, with many believing that she may have died. Buckingham Palace confirmed that the Royal Family had canceled the Queens New Year’s Day church service at Sandringham due to a ‘lingering’ heavy cold. The Queen has now been missing from the public eye for 12 days. A BBC insider had previously claimed that the 90 year old British monarch had been placed under “house arrest” by the Royal Family following her attempt to expose a global network of “the darkest forces” during the recording of her 2016 Christmas Message.

The passing of George Michael this week reminded many of the seemingly short life expectancy of musicians (and performers in general). In fact, as on study found, while blues, jazz, and country singers typically live as long as the average American; rock, techno, punk, metal, rap, and hip hop stars die significantly sooner.

“I hope I die before I get old,” The Who’s Roger Daltrey sang in “My Generation” in 1965. This didn’t happen for Daltrey, who is now a ripe 71, but it did to many other musicians.

First, we had the downtrodden, disaffected Radio City Music Hall Rockette, Phoebe Pearl, who raged against her employer's decision to perform at Trump's inauguration saying she was "embarrassed and disappointed" by the upcoming performance.  She even posted a cute picture to her instagram account, in protest, declaring that Trump is "Not My President!"